Coder

A web interface to RStduio and VS Code

From Coder:

Coder is an open-source platform for creating and managing cloud development environments on your infrastructure, with the tools and IDEs your developers already love.

Coder @ Calvin

coder.cs.calvin.edu allows you to set up workspaces in which you can run softare (like R) in a web browser.

Step 1: Create a Coder Workspace

You will only need to do this step once, and only if you don’t already have a Coder workspace.

  1. If you don’t already have a Coder Workspace, create one from teh Calvin CS Linux template.

  2. Name your workspace.

    Can’t think of a good name? A default name will be suggested.

Step 2: Access an application

You should see options like RStudio and VS Code Web, among others. Choose RStudio unless you are familiar with VS Code and want to give that a try. (More about VS Code here.)

After a few seconds, you shoudl see a new window with an RStudio session:

Still running in your browser

Although this launches a new window, it is still a browser window. RStudio is running on the Coder server, not on your device.

Step 3: Do stuff

You now have a running R session inside RStudio and you are ready to go.

Next steps: